From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" <steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2007.01.07 at 16:51:44(15064)I just got a response from Dr. Croat regarding the plants I
have posted on my site as Monstera dubia and Monstera
siltepecana. Here we go with a partial
correction! I sent him photos of both plants and here's what Tom had to
say, "The first looks more like Monstera
pinnatipartita Schott, not M. dubia and the second is most likely to be Monstera
siltepecana juvenile."

So it appears I had one of the two correct (the
one identified by whoever it was at the Hunnington). But I'm back to the
drawing board on the one I thought was "M. dubia". Looks like I get
to do some more reading tomorrow! My thanks to Michael and Harry for
their input and questioning of the ID.

----- Original Message -----
From:
RAYMOMATTLA@cs.com
To: steve@exoticrainforest.com
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 6:39
PM
Subject: Re: Monstera dubia
Steve,Should be interesting to see what Tom
says. This group (shinglers) are my favorites in the Aroid family.
I wrote a short article on them in one of the past IAS newsletters, Ill
have to look it up and send you the link. In it I used one of those
photos Brian took at Joe's place. To tell you the truth I used to think
"silver queen" was Monstera dubia but after getting ahold of true M.
dubia, I had to question that. Funny thing is there was a conflict
a few years ago with a plant growing at Fairchild. It was growing in the
conservatory and its leaves grew so flat against the surface of the concrete
walls it looked painted. A few of the top Aroid researches swore it was
Monstera dubia, but the plant was supposedly collected in Borneo so many
questions arose. Turned out, it was a new species and is now
called Rhaphidophora cryptantha. It looks alot like a smaller,
more delicate M. dubia but it is neotonous, adult leaves are the same as
juvenile. Definately let me know what Dr. Croat says and have a
great (whats left of the) weekend.Michael